Court Rules Implementation Monitoring Initiative

The new Supreme Court civil and family law rules come into effect on 1 July 2010. The CBABC has established two subcommittees to monitor implementation of the new rules, gather feedback about what works and what does not work, and distribute information to the membership about how the new rules are being interpreted.

The Civil Rules Subcommittee is composed of Bill Veenstra of Jenkins Marzban Logan in Vancouver, and Charlotte Salomon of McConnan Bion O’Connor & Peterson in Victoria. The members of the Family Law Rules Subcommittee are David Dundee of Paul & Company in Kamloops, and John-Paul Boyd of Aaron Gordon Daykin Nordlinger in Vancouver.

Feedback

The subcommittees need your help! Click on the links below to give your feedback about the new rules.

As well, please send any reasons for judgment interpreting the civil rules to Bill Veenstra and those on the family law rules to John-Paul Boyd.

Submissions to Rules Revision Committee

The subcommittees will consolidate feedback on the new rules and make submissions to the Rules Revision Committee in December 2010 and July 2011, and possibly at earlier dates if appropriate. The submissions will be made available for download and comment on this webpage.

Member Updates

A library of reasons for judgment interpreting the new rules will be available through this webpage and the subcommittees will issue periodic updates to the membership summarizing these case authorities, amendments to the new rules and trends in their interpretation.